Shastra Panchangam

Varanasi, Saturday, 6 November 2027

Saturday 6 November 2027

Rahu Kalam8:55 am – 10:18 am
Yamagandam1:05 pm – 2:28 pm
Gulikai6:09 am – 7:32 am
TithiShukla Ashtami until 2:51 am Sunday

Sunrise 6:09 am, sunset 5:15 pm. The panchangam day starts at sunrise, so the times after midnight below belong to Saturday until sunrise on Sunday.

Panchangam details

Tithi · Shukla Ashtami

until 2:51 am Sunday

The lunar day. Fasts and observances such as ekadashi, pradosham, amavasya and shraddha are fixed by it.

Nakshatra · Shravana

until 9:27 pm

The Moon's star at sunrise, one of 27. Your birth star is the one the Moon was in when you were born.

Yoga · Ganda

until 9:54 pm

Worked out from the Sun's and Moon's positions added together. It is read with the tithi, nakshatra and karana when a muhurta is chosen.

Karana · Vishti

until 1:30 pm; then Bava until 2:51 am Sunday

Half a tithi. Vishti, called Bhadra Karanam, is avoided for new beginnings.

Bhadra Karanam runs from 6:09 am to 1:30 pm. Important work is usually started after it ends.

Daylight periods

Rahu Kalam

8:55 am – 10:18 am

Not used to start new work; work already under way carries on.

Yamagandam

1:05 pm – 2:28 pm

Avoided for setting out on a journey or starting something new.

Gulikai

6:09 am – 7:32 am

Avoided for new beginnings in most households.

Choghadiya

The day and the night each have eight choghadiyas. The names repeat in a cycle of seven, starting from a different name each weekday; on a Saturday the day starts with Kaal.

Day
6:09 am – 7:32 amKaalavoid
7:32 am – 8:55 amShubhgood
8:55 am – 10:18 amRogavoid · Rahu Kalam
10:18 am – 11:42 amUdvegavoid
11:42 am – 1:05 pmCharneutral
1:05 pm – 2:28 pmLabhgood
2:28 pm – 3:51 pmAmritgood
3:51 pm – 5:15 pmKaalavoid
Night
5:15 pm – 6:51 pmLabhgood
6:51 pm – 8:28 pmUdvegavoid
8:28 pm – 10:05 pmShubhgood
10:05 pm – 11:42 pmAmritgood
11:42 pm – 1:19 amCharneutral
1:19 am – 2:56 amRogavoid
2:56 am – 4:32 amKaalavoid
4:32 am – 6:09 amLabhgood

Amrit, Shubh and Labh are good for beginnings; Char suits a journey. Udveg, Kaal and Rog are avoided for starting something new.

Abhijit Muhurta

11:19 am – 12:04 pm. The muhurta around solar noon, a good time to begin most things.

The Moon

Moonrise 12:35 pm, moonset 11:47 pm.

Hora

Twelve horas from sunrise to sunset and twelve from sunset to the next sunrise, each ruled by a planet. The first hora of the day belongs to the weekday's own planet: Saturn on a Saturday.

6:09 am – 7:04 amSaturn
7:04 am – 8:00 amJupiter
8:00 am – 8:55 amMars
8:55 am – 9:51 amSun
9:51 am – 10:46 amVenus
10:46 am – 11:42 amMercury
11:42 am – 12:37 pmMoon
12:37 pm – 1:33 pmSaturn
1:33 pm – 2:28 pmJupiter
2:28 pm – 3:24 pmMars
3:24 pm – 4:19 pmSun
4:19 pm – 5:15 pmVenus
5:15 pm – 6:19 pmMercury
6:19 pm – 7:24 pmMoon
7:24 pm – 8:28 pmSaturn
8:28 pm – 9:33 pmJupiter
9:33 pm – 10:37 pmMars
10:37 pm – 11:42 pmSun
11:42 pm – 12:46 amVenus
12:46 am – 1:51 amMercury
1:51 am – 2:56 amMoon
2:56 am – 4:00 amSaturn
4:00 am – 5:05 amJupiter
5:05 am – 6:09 amMars

About this day

Daylight lasts 11 hours and 6 minutes, so each eighth of the day, the length of Rahu Kalam, is about 83 minutes.

Between this sunrise and the next: karana at 1:30 pm, nakshatra at 9:27 pm, yoga at 9:54 pm, tithi and karana at 2:51 am Sunday.

On a Saturday, Rahu Kalam is the third of the eight parts of daylight, from 8:55 am in Varanasi.

Questions

What is the tithi in Varanasi on 6 November 2027?

Shukla Ashtami, until 2:51 am Sunday. A day takes the tithi running at its sunrise (6:09 am in Varanasi).

When is Rahu Kalam in Varanasi on 6 November 2027?

8:55 am to 10:18 am, the third of the eight parts of daylight on a Saturday. Yamagandam runs 1:05 pm to 2:28 pm and Gulikai 6:09 am to 7:32 am.

Which choghadiya periods are good in Varanasi on 6 November 2027?

During daylight: Shubh 7:32 am to 8:55 am, Labh 1:05 pm to 2:28 pm, Amrit 2:28 pm to 3:51 pm. Abhijit Muhurta is 11:19 am to 12:04 pm.

When does the Moon rise in Varanasi on 6 November 2027?

Moonrise is at 12:35 pm.

Rahu Kalam, Yamagandam and Gulikai · how each value is calculated · why the day starts at sunrise

How this was computed
Calculated for Varanasi (25.3176°N, 82.9739°E) by the Drik method, Lahiri ayanamsha.